In a U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senator Martin Heinrich delivers an opening statement to highlight the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act, a bill he is cosponsoring to simplify the permitting process for solar, geothermal, and wind projects on public lands. And he emphasized that his legislation, the Energy Workforce for the 21st Century Act, would bring together a comprehensive strategy to improve education and training for energy workers. In he said that he would work with the committee to ensure that strong provisions to promote energy storage be included in bipartisan energy reform legislation.